ESL-EFL/FLE Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program

Total minimum hours: 67 hours  (not including dissertation or any hours needed to complete language requirements)

General Requirements

Course Work

• A typical program consists of 67 hours of coursework excluding dissertation
• Over 50% of course work on a Program of Work must be completed at The University of Texas at Austin
• All independent study or conference courses taken as FLE_96V
• No credit for upper-division undergraduate courses

Candidacy

• Admission on passing the Candidacy Examination (8-hour written examination plus 2-hour oral examination)
• Candidacy Examination taken no sooner than third semester in program with completion of at least 44 hours of course work
• Application for Candidacy required to be filed within one year of completion of the Candidacy Examination
• Continuous registration required after advancement to Candidacy. (Continuous registration is a University-wide requirement)

Dissertation

• Minimum of 6 hours of credit for dissertation (FLE 399R and 399W)
• Continuous registration in FLE 699W required until completion of dissertation. Some exceptions apply. See the graduate advisor.

Course Requirements

Language Component (12 hours)

• Four language/literature/linguistics courses to include at least one relating to social context

Research Component (16 hours)

• EDC 385G  Research and Writing Methods in Foreign Language
• EDC 396  Foreign Language: Doctoral Seminar
• EDP 482K  Experimental Design & Statistical  Inference - Non-Majors
• Two courses in research methodology by advisement

Learning/Teaching Component (33 hours)

• EDC 385G  Evaluation of Language Education
• EDC 385G  Second/Foreign Language Materials Development
• EDC 385G  Second Language Acquisition or another course in second language acquisition by advisement
• EDC 385G  Technology for Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
• EDP 382L  Psychology of Learning
• Learning course by advisement
• Two FLE courses by advisement
• Three Learning/Teaching courses by advisement

Dissertation

• Dissertation hours (Minimum 6 hours)
• Additional advanced hours in support of the dissertation (6 hours)